Epiglottitis in the adult patient

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 373-377

  Mathoera, R B ^a   Wever, P C ^b   van Dorsten, F R C ^a   Balter, S G T ^a   de Jager, C P C ^a  

^a Department of Intensive Care Medicine ^*  (Netherlands)

^b Laboratory of Medical Microbiology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute epiglottitis; Adult; Haemophilus influenzae; Stridor; Upper airway obstruction

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE;

ACUTE EPIGLOTTITIS; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; FATALITY; FEVER; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SORE THROAT; TRACHEOSTOMY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIGLOTTITIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 55049092734     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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